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WPCI honors high school winners
Congrats to all the young journalists who won an award in Woman's Press Club of Indiana's annual contest for high school students.
The club awarded 44 prizes for the best work in writing, photography, layout and video. Check out the entire list at this link to see all the schools represented.
Miller one of 11 winners in Skillman competition
WPCI's Kendal Miller, center, is one of 11 winners of Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman's Celebration of Hoosier Women Artists competition. Skillman, right, and Karen Davis, Skillman's director of constituent services, presented the award. (Photo by Lenny Miller)
WPCI member Kendal Miller is one of 11 winners of Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman's sixth annual Celebration of Hoosier Women Artists competition.
Miller's photograph, Garden Door, was selected from 110 submissions. During Women's History Month, Skillman and staff ask women artists from around the state to submit their original artwork for consideration.
The winning pieces will be on display in the lobby of the Skillman's office and on the website through the end of 2012.
Miller is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including magazines and newspapers, and on books, CD covers, billboards, websites and brochures. In 2010, Miller's business, Photography by Kendal, was inducted into the Indiana Artisan Program, one of only eight photographers in the state whose work was included.
Apply by April 18 for scholarships
Woman's Press Club of Indiana offers two scholarships in the amount of $500 each to help those preparing for communications careers. All details and application materials are on the Scholarships and Grants page.
The Hortense Myers Scholarship is for college juniors (male or female) and the Louise Eleanor Ross Kleinhenz Scholarship is for women older than 30 who wish to upgrade their skills.
Hall of Fame to induct Kate Milner Rabb
One of Woman's Press Club of Indiana's early presidents, Kate Milner Rabb, will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in ceremonies April 28.
Rabb was president in 1929, 1930 and 1931. A Rockport native, she was teacher, historian and journalist, gaining acclaim not only for her historical work and essays but also for newspaper columns that wove her love of history with storytelling and reporting.
WPCI's highest honor, the Kate Milner Rabb Award, goes to members who achieve professional excellence and devote exceptional service to the organization.
The Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame will induct Rabb and four other journalists with Hoosier ties:
- The late Mark Ferree, a longtime senior executive of the Scripps-Howard newspaper company who was a national free press advocate as president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association in 1960-62;
- Skip Hess, who spearheaded numerous prominent investigative projects during more than 30 years as a reporter for the Indianapolis News and Indianapolis Star;
- Steve Kroft, a native of Kokomo, Ind., who has been a correspondent for CBS’ 60 Minutes for more than two decades; and
- David Weaver, an Indiana University professor whose research on working journalists and on agenda setting in media have gained notoriety.
Learn more about the hall of fame and the induction ceremony at its website.
Penticuff receives AAF President's Award
Former NFPW and WPCI president Donna Penticuff received the 2012 President's Award from the American Advertising Federation / East Central Indiana for outstanding service to the organization and for professional achievement.
Penticuff was cited in particular for her 12 years of work expanding the scholarship program by updating procedures and increasing participation by more colleges and universities. She also was cited for establishing youth mentor programs through the AAF Education Committee.
She received the honor at the annual Addy Awards banquet in February in Muncie.
AAF is a leading professional organization for those in advertising and marketing. The ECI chapter has about 100 members in Delaware, Madison, Grant, Blackford, Randolph, Henry and Wayne counties.
Penticuff is a page designer and editor at The Star Press in Muncie, a job that will transition to a design center in early June. She also is a licensed real estate agent who is expanding this new career, though she continues to work in marketing and communications on a contract basis.
Group focuses on 100th anniversary
Members at the Sept. 17 meeting discussed plans for WPCI's 100th anniversary celebration in 2013 and a WPCI project to support literacy. Members considered several potential projects but tabled decision-making until the next meeting Nov. 12. Vice president Angie Satterfield is chairing the anniversary committee.
Secretary Marion Garmel reported on the recent NFPW convention, which she attended with Ann Allen, WPCI's Communicator of Achievement nominee. WPCI workshops were held in three streams: Using social media to support your career or cause, website advances and development, and literature and writing, including the status of book publishing.
Members make news
Several WPCI members are making news, not just writing it.
- Tara Puckey, right, was honored as the Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award winner at the Sept. 25-27 Society of Professional Journalists conference in New Orleans. Puckey recently received her bachelor's degree in journalism from IUPUI. Get the scoop here.
- Member Vivian Sade is author of The Price We Paid for a Life of Freedom: The Memoir of a WWII and Korean War Veteran, the story of Carl Shoudel, a 90-year-old veteran who, with Sade, self published the book earlier this year through OutSkirts Press. Read all about the book and how Sade and Shoudel collaborate at this link.
- In her position as managing editor of the Times Tribune, member Becky Kilian had to make quite a judgement call after rumors went viral in social media. Read all about it at this link.
- Rita Kohn's book, True Brew, was a finalist for a 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year Award given by the American Library Association. True Brew was the first place winner in nonfiction in the WPCI 2010 communications contest and will be awarded second place in nonfiction at the NFPW convention Sept. 8-10 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.(See a list of all WPCI winners below.)
WPCI members win at national level
At the National Federation of Press Women's annual conference Sept. 8-10, these WPCI members will be honored for their work. All were first place winners at the WPCI contest for work published in 2010.
- Ann Allen, Communicator of Achievement nominee, won a second in special articles, agriculture, and honorable mention in nonfiction book, history.
- Gena Asher won a third place for website development/creation, for-profit organization.
- Stephanie Taylor Ferriell won three second place awards for news reporting, personal opinion and photography.
- Elizabeth Granger won a second for special articles, travel, and faculty adviser of student publications.
- Rita Kohn won second for nonfiction book.
- Kendal Miller won a first place and an honorable mention for photography.
- Donna Penticuff won a second for newsletters, a third for website edited by entrant, and an honorable mention for external annual report.
- Tara Puckey won a first for newswriting, a second for newspaper feature writing and a second for Web feature writing.
- Vivian Sade won a first for website edited by entrant and honorable mention for website development/creation, special interest.
- Elise Sims won a first for news or feature release.
See a list of Indiana high school national winners below. They will be honored at the conference as well.
WPCI looks ahead to 100th anniversary
Woman's Press Club will celebrate its centennial in 2013, and members already are looking at ways to commemorate the occasion.
At the July 16 planning meeting, vice-president Angie Satterfield accepted the job of kicking off the planning for a May 2013 celebration. Members brainstormed many ideas, including videotaping oral histories from many of our longest-serving members; suspending membership dues that year to attract new members; photo or video exhibits of the club's past; inviting former members to attend; contacting the governor's office for a special tribute; and creating a special centennial booklet or publication to mark the occasion.
WPCI formed in Feb. 18, 1913, at the Ayres tea room downtown, by a group of journalists and lobbyists interested in furthering their professions. It is a charter member of the Federation of Press Women.
Other meeting news included the callout for a member to oversee the high school communications contest and plans for those attending the NFPW conference in September, where 50-year member Virginia O'Hair of South Bend will be honored for her membership milestone.
Want more news?
- Check out the The Morgue to read older stories about WPCI events.
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